Yopno language

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Yopno
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang, Morobe Provinces
Native speakers
9,000 (2010) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yut
Glottolog yopn1238

Yopno (Yupna, after the Yupna Valley) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Kewieng, Nokopo, Wandabong, Isan. Yupno speakers orient themselves using local topography. [2]

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Phonology

Consonants [3]
BilabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelar
Stopvoicelesspk
voiced bg
Fricatives
Nasalmnŋ
Approximantj

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References

  1. Yopno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "These People Have a Mind-Bending Way to Navigate". 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. Reed, Wes (2000). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

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